| Definition |
- Article 17 of the Statistics Act defines designated statistics as follows.
- Any person who has been asked to submit the related data for investigation or confirmation for the production of designated statistics shall respond to the request unless there are justifiable reasons.
- Penalties shall be imposed to those who refuse, disturb or avoid submission request of related data or response request, or those who submit or respond to false data.
- (Requirements for designation)
1. Statistics which are collected as covering the whole country;
2. Statistics which become the basic data for the formulation of policies for regional development and for the evaluation thereof;
3. Statistics that can be utilized as population data of other statistics;
4. Statistics collected in accordance with uniform standards and the method of collection which are recommended by an international organization, such as the United Nations;
5. Other statistics recognized by the Commissioner of the Statistics Korea as regarding designation as designated statistics.
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